Bacteriological and clinical profile of community acquired pneumonia in hospitalized patients

Lung India

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 54-57

  Shah, Bashir Ahmed ^a   Singh, Gurmeet ^a   Naik, Muzafar Ahmed ^a   Dhobi, Ghulam Nabi ^a  

^a SHER I KASHMIR INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Blood culture; Pneumonia; Sputum culture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; KLEBSIELLA; LEGIONELLA; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 77953397267     PISSN: 09702113     EISSN: 0974598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-2113.63606     Document Type: Article

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